detain (detan)

t. [OF. detenir, detener, F. détenir = Sp. detener (cf. Pg. deter ) = It. di tenere, Detain not the wages of the hireling. 2. To keep or restrain from proceeding; stay Jer. Taylor. or stop: as, we were detained by the rain. Those the eves, which her in bondage strong Detaynd. Spenser, F. Q., VI. xi. 2. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15. Whole captive hosts the conqueror detains In painful bondage and inglorious chains. Add is on, The Campaign. the facts in due order. IMG:content-2492.png:[blocks in formation]